US4842402A - Projection and viewing apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to a projection and viewing apparatus which is typically used in the manner of a drafting table and, particularly, concerns such an apparatus which is adjustable for viewing by an operator in a seated position and, at the same time, may be readily and conveniently adjusted to a transportation configuration, in which it may readily fit through narrow doorways, and the like.
- Known projection and viewing apparatus utilize a viewing screen which is 30 inches or more in depth and substantially larger in width. When such apparatus must be transported, it is often necessary to be able to fit it through a narrow doorway, which may only be 27 inches wide. In order to accomplish this, the prior art apparatus has provided for tilting the viewing screen to an upright position.
- a projection apparatus which includes such a viewing screen, but has a main body that is narrow enough to fit through a doorway. When the device is to be transported, the viewing screen is tilted downwardly to a substantially inclined position, so that it occupies no greater width than the main body.
- This apparatus includes a triangular mirror structure which projects downwardly into the main body. In order to bring the screen to the transportation position, without occupying a greater width than the main body, it is necessary to access the interior of the main body and to collapse the mirror construction so that it is entirely contained within the main body.
- the projection and viewing apparatus in my own U.S. Pat. No. 4,136,938 also permits the viewing screen to be tilted to a position where it may be viewed by a seated operator.
- this requires that the mirror structure be tilted out of the back of the apparatus, where it may be exposed to possible damage.
- such use requires that the apparatus be positioned at a substantial distance away from any wall, and that it therefore occupy a substantially greater amount of floor space.
- the device may readily and conveniently be adjustable to a transportation position in which the entire apparatus occupies a sufficiently narrow width to fit through a narrow doorway.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a projection and viewing apparatus of the type described which does not require substantial disassembly and reassembly in order to bring the viewing screen from a position appropriate for a standing operator to a position appropriate for a seated operator or for bringing the entire apparatus to a "collapsed" transportation position.
- a projection and viewing apparatus having a hollow housing with an open top and front and back walls is also provided with an optical system carriage which is mounted within the housing for rotational movement with respect to the housing.
- This carriage is capable of rotation from an upright position to a substantially horizontal position.
- the carriage is composed of a lower portion which is mounted to the housing for the rotational movement and an upper portion which is pivotally mounted with respect to the lower portion so as to be able to move from an extended position in which the upper and lower portions define the operational carriage, to a retracted position in which either the upper or lower portion is withdrawn into the other. Provision is made for locking the upper and lower portions together in the extended position.
- the lower carriage portion is provided with a lateral dimension which is no greater than the distance between the front and rear walls of the housing, and provision is made for securing the carriage within the housing in a storage position in which the lower housing portion is retained with its lateral dimension aligned between the front and rear walls of the housing, and the upper and lower housing portion are retained in the retracted position.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the position of the viewing screen for an operator in the standing position
- FIG. 2 illustrates the position of the viewing screen for an operator in the seated position
- FIG. 3 illustrates the optical system of the apparatus of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a projection and viewing apparatus in accordance with the present invention, with the housing being shown in section, to permit certain interior details to be seen;
- FIG. 5 is a side view of a projection and viewing apparatus embodying the present invention, with the optical system carriage shown as secured in its transportation position;
- FIG. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken along line 6--6 in FIG. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the two extreme positions in which an apparatus in accordance with the present invention may be viewed.
- the apparatus is being viewed by a relatively tall individual in the standing position.
- the viewing screen (16) is oriented in the manner of a traditional, upright drafting table, forming an angle of about 10° with the horizontal.
- the front of the table is at a height of 38.5 inches.
- the apparatus is being viewed by a relatively short individual in the seated position.
- the viewing screen (16) forms an angle of about 73° with the horizontal, and the front edge of the screen must be at a height of about 24 inches, to permit adequate leg clearance.
- FIG. 3 illustrates, in schematic form, the structure of the optical system of a projection apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
- the optical system comprises: a projection head 10; first and second mirrors 12 and 14; and a viewing screen 16.
- the mirrors 12, 14 and the viewing screen 16 lie in planes which are perpendicular to a common plane (i.e the plane of the drawing) and which form acute angles with respect to each other.
- the projection head 10 is positioned so that the optical axis 18 crosses itself at a point between the mirrors 12, 14 and the viewing screen 16. This construction permits minimization of the space occupied by the optical system.
- Projection head (10) may be an conventional commercially available microfilm projection head, but is preferably a model 40 projection head manufactured by Tameran, Inc. of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
- FIGS. 4-6 illustrate an optical projection and viewing apparatus 1 embodying objects and features of the present invention.
- the two major components of the apparatus 1 are an exterior housing 20 and an optical system carriage 40.
- Housing 20 includes a pair of opposite end walls 22, and carriage 40 is pivotally mounted with respect to housing 20 by means of pivot pins 24. or the like, which pass through either end wall 22 and into the carriage 40.
- this mounting permits the carriage 40 to be pivoted from an upright position, shown in solid lines, to a nearly horizontal position, shown in phantom.
- the upper wall of the carriage 40 includes the viewing screen 16, so that this pivotal motion of the carriage permits the movement of viewing screen 16 between the two previously discussed extreme positions.
- housing 20 is provided with a stabilizing platform 26, which is maintained in a position 26a during use, but may be retracted to a storage position 26b. This is made possible by mounting the storage platform 26 for sliding movement with respect to housing 20, by conventional means.
- Carriage 40 comprises an upper component 50 and a lower component 60. These two components 50, 60 are connected for relative pivotal movements by means of hinges 44, whereby component 50 may be pivoted with respect to component 60, to be retracted therein to see FIG. 5. During use, however, component 50 is maintained in an extended position and is locked in that position by locking means, to be discussed more fully below.
- the upper surface of upper component 50 includes the viewing screen 16.
- Component 50 also has front and rear walls 52, 54 and side walls 56, 56, so as to form a complete enclosure. The bottom of component 50 is, however, open and its interior should be unobstructed, so as to permit an unobstructed light transmission path.
- Lower component 60 includes front and rear walls 62, 64 side walls 66, 66 and a bottom wall 68.
- the first and second mirrors 12, 14 of the optical system are mounted on the interior of the front and bottom walls 62 and 68 respectively, while the projection head 10 is mounted near the top at the exterior of front wall 64.
- upper component 50 is locked in its extended position to lower component 60.
- the entire carriage 40 may then be pivoted between its horizontal position (shown in phantom) and its upright position (shown in solid lines), and it may be locked for use in either of these two positions or at intermediate positions.
- the platform 26 is also extended during such use.
- housing 20 is dimensioned to fit through a narrow doorway (e.g. it may be 26 inches wide, so as to fit through a 27 inch doorway). Hence, transportation of apparatus 1 is facilitated, and there is little danger of damage to any of the delicate optical components.
- upper component 50 includes an articulate slot 58 in each of its end walls 56, 56 and that lower component 60 includes an arcuate slot 71 in each of its end walls 66, 66.
- the slots 58, 71 are provided with locking devices 70, 80, to be described more fully below.
- Each locking device 80 includes a bolt with a head 84 and a threaded shaft 82, the diameter of which is selected so that the shaft will fit freely within the slot 71.
- Spacer sleeves 86, 88 are mounted over the shaft portion 82 and are retained in engagement with the end walls 66 and 22.
- the sleeves 86, 88 are preferably made of a material having a relatively high coefficient of friction.
- a nut 87 in the form of a knurled wheel, or the like, is securely threaded onto shaft 82. This has the effect of locking carriage 40 with respect to housing 20 as a result of the friction.
- Locking devices 70 are similar in operation and use to locking devices 80.
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